Police arrest man accused in two stabbings

SAN DIEGO – Police arrested a man suspected of stabbing another man numerous times in a Mountain View market Tuesday morning and then chasing his estranged wife down the street and slashing her throat.

They are expected to survive.

Miguel Del Valle, 48, was found receiving treatment for cuts to his hands at the VA Hospital in La Jolla about 1:15 p.m., said San Diego police Lt. Karen Tenney. He was taken into custody without incident.

Officers began searching for Del Valle after reports of a stabbing in the neighborhood about 8:30 a.m.

Police said he confronted his estranged wife and her male friend at Mike's Market on Ocean View Boulevard east of Interstate 15 and began stabbing the man in the torso.

“Then he ran out and came back in and stabbed him a few more times,” Tenney said.

The woman ran out of the market and realized the tires of her car had been slashed, police said.

The attacker chased her down the street and slashed her neck at least once when he caught up with her on Franklin Avenue, police said. She continued running and collapsed in front of a church on Ocean View.

Both victims went into emergency surgery and were in critical condition, Tenney said.

The woman has a restraining order against Del Valle, police said. He also is wanted on a $20,000 misdemeanor domestic violence warrant, according to the Sheriff's Department.